Computer Science Department
Fall 2007
Here's what you need to do in order to get credit for an internship here at Augsburg. Successfully completing an internship is one way to satisfy the Augsburg Experience requirement for graduation.
1. Arrange an internship with someone.
It might be with an employer---maybe even your current employer. The CSC Department can't find internships for you, but we do maintain a list of people and organizations who are looking for interns.
2. Ask a CSC professor to supervise your internship.
He or she might say no. If that happens, then try a different professor. If we all say no, then talk to your advisor about what to do next.
3. Get a Learning Agreement form from the Center for Service, Work, and Learning.
(Visit their web page to find out more about the Center and what it does.) Fill it out in consultation with your faculty supervisor (from step 2). This form also requires the signatures of your supervisor, and of the director of the Center.
4. Register for CSC 399 (Internship).
You must pass it in order to successfully complete your internship. You can take it for a letter grade, or you can take it pass/fail. Also, you need not complete CSC 399 during a single term: your supervisor can extend the time you have available by submitting a grade of X for multiple terms.
a. If you do your internship where you're currently employed, you must do something different from what you normally get paid for. Exactly what you do is decided by you, your faculty supervisor, and your employer.
b. An internship takes roughly 200 hours of work. Throughout all that, you must keep your faculty supervisor aware of how your internship is going. An occasional email or visit in person is fine.
5. When you finish your internship, you must write up your experiences in the form of a paper.
If you did proprietary work (i.e., involving company secrets), then you must write your paper in such a way that no secrets are revealed. You must also give a talk to CSC students here at Augsburg about your experiences. One way to do that is to talk in someone's class. Another way is to talk in the CSEMS seminars that are held on some Thursday evenings. Your faculty supervisor determines your grade for CSC 399 based on your paper and your talk.